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* 	File-Name: 	ReadMe.txt
*	Date:  		07/20/2018
*	Author: 	Michaël Aklin, S.P. Harish, Johannes Urpelainen
*	Purpose:   	ReadMe for the new electrification database. 
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*	Summary
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This database contains data on household electrification (total, urban, and rural) for 124 non-OECD countries. 

The dataverse contains the following files:

:: ReadMe.txt: this file.
:: Electrification_Database.dta: the dataset containing all the new data. 
:: DataReferences.pdf: the reference list for each observation. 
:: CodebookProtocol.pdf: the codebook and the data collection protocol.

This database is presented in details in:

Aklin, Michaël, S.P. Harish, and Johannes Urpelainen. "A Global Analysis of Progress in Household Electrification," Energy Policy.






